Rep. Thompson warns against intervening in Syria

Thompson says strike could lead to cyber attack

1:39 AM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Written by

Deborah Barfield Berry
Gannett Washington Bureau

The U.S. risks retaliations abroad, major cyber attacks and other threats if it takes military action against Syria, according to testimony at a congressional hearing Tuesday.

"Congress should consider the actions necessary to protect our citizens from the most likely near-term repercussion of military intervention in Syria - a massive cyber attack," Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said during the panel's hearing on the national security implications of military action in Syria.